>Now, for those of us buying the boards..
Which you aren't.
It depends on what you think you are getting with the board, if you think you are just getting a computer and an OS then fine, you shouldn't even be considering it.
If you think you are buying an opportunity to get an early chance at helping rebuild the chances of a computing experience that you prefer then maybe the value is better.
IMHO you are here at the wrong time MarkTime, I think you should be here in two or three years time IF the AOS4 becomes a small sales success and the far east company can cut prices on production runs and the prices might come down to your level of expectation.
However it seems to me that your expectations exceed the reality of the situation, which suggests you have about 3 years in which to buy whatever other platform you want, fiddle with it, get bored and either this will be a barren wasteland and we will have failed again, or it will be the same as it is now and you get another 3 years or its a success in which case its not for you.
What I don't understand, is after all you have said, is why you are still here telling us about it?
